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January 2014

One of the books my students have to read (not the whole book, unfortunately) is Metamorphosis, written by Ovid in Rome two millennia ago. The book tells 250 transformations of gods into humans or vice versa, of humans into animals, or of humans into inanimate objects, such a st…

Recently, a college student came to my class looking really tired. After the usual greetings, I tactfully asked her what she does in her moments of leisure. “I don’t know what that means,” she replied.

I assumed that, because we are from different countries and we have different cultures, m…

Nobody likes to talk about the torments of Hell, of being punished forever at a place you can’t escape. In fact, I don’t like to talk about this issue either and I seldom do it, except twice a year, at the beginning of each semester in college, the first day of the semester.

If you are watching TV even for just a few minutes, chances are you already saw those infomercials titled “I hate my…” followed by whatever part of your body they decide you should hate that particular day. In fact, all your body, from head to toes and anything in between, shoul…